WorksheetsBeowulf Quiz 4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
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1.
What did a hero most desire?
a)
To prove himself worthy of a wife.
b)
To become the next in line to be king.
c)
To become a skillful warrior and win several battles.
d)
To gain fame, honour, glory and reputation.
2.
Which quote suggests that, as expected of a hero, Beowulf sees this battle with Grendel as an honour?
a)
'If the battle takes me, send back...to Lord Hygelac. Fate goes ever as fate must.'
b)
'Every elder among my people supported my resolve to come here to you.'
c)
'My one request is that you won't deny me... the privilege of purifying Heorot.'
d)
'Whichever one death fells must deem it a just judgement by God.'
3.
In which quote is alliteration used to suggest the strength that Beowulf will need in battle against Grendel?
a)
'privilege of purifying Heorot.'
b)
'fight with the fiend.'
c)
'if Grendel wins it will be a gruesome day.'
d)
'feed on it alone in a cruel frenzy.'
4.
Which biblical character is the monster Grendel compared to?
a)
Adam
b)
Cain
c)
Abel
d)
Satan
5.
That monsters represented the difference between morality and sin (good and evil) was a belief of which important Anglo Saxon religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Catholicisim
c)
Islam
d)
Christianity
6.
An epic poem is...
a)
A very long poem, which would have taken days to read
b)
A long narrative poem, with a heroic theme.
c)
A long, violent story of a battle.
d)
A tragic tale, featuring war and death.
7.
The first audiences for epic poems were...
a)
Listeners
b)
Readers
8.
Which of these would you not expect to always see in an epic poem?
a)
Adventure.
b)
A hero.
c)
Battles and war.
d)
Historical fact.
9.
Which pair of quotes best show the antithesis of good and evil, shown in the characters of Beowulf and Grendel?
a)
‘captain of evil’ and ‘alert hero’.
b)
'maddening for blood' and 'Hygelac's kinsman'
c)
'his glee was demonic' and 'Hygelac's trusty retainer'
d)
'terror monger' and 'earl-troop's leader'
10.
Which quote describes the battle scene between Beowulf and Grendel most vividly (a feature of epic poems)?
a)
'He ripped opening the building, maddening for blood.'
b)
'He mauled a man on his bench, bit into his bone-lappings...and gorged on him in lumps.'
c)
'The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered.'
d)
'Fingers were bursting, the monster back-tracking, the man overpowering.'
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